13 Jun 2016

Moshupa Water Utilities Corporation’s technician Mr Maipelo Raditsebe says  efforts to combat water shortage in the village are underway.

Briefing the council meeting recently, Mr Raditsebe said even though water demand exceeds supply, they have intensified efforts to bridge the gap between demand and supply.

He said to ensure adequate supply of water in Moshupa and Kanye sub-regions they have constructed four boreholes.

He said the boreholes are complete and pump tests were done in May 2016, adding that what is now left is to connect pipes for water reticulation in the region.

Mr Raditsebe said North-South Carrier (NSC) water project from Mmamashia to Moshupa is ongoing even though it is 30 per cent behind schedule  due to shortage of materials that are ordered from China.

He further explained that delay in the project execution is due to servitude pipe that goes through some farms and fields that require re-negotiation with owners since they are not happy with the compensations.

For his part, Mr Thuso Modise an engineer from Kanye Water Utilities Corporation said as one of the mitigation factors they have submitted a new plant project proposal to relevant authorities so that Moshupa Dam water can be treated and converted to potable water.

Ramotswa Water utilities Corporation Water Works Superintendent said that shortage or lack of water in Manyana and Ntlhantlhe region is caused by old pipes, the power cuts that disrupt water pumping and the NSC pipe that breaks too often.

He said Manyana has three boreholes and only one is working at the moment while the other two are damaged and repairing materials need to be ordered from Germany.

He further said that to tackle water shortage they have introduced water rationing where by they allocate certain time slots to pump water to particular places.

He said also they are constructing a water treatment plant in Boatle to treat water  from Siga borehole as it has too much nitrate and other eight boreholes that have contaminated water and when this is achieved they will have eight million cubic meters of water for supply. ENDS